{"id":217326,"date":"2021-04-01T20:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/real-estate-giant-compass-valued-at-8-2b-in-nyse-debut\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T20:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:58:46","slug":"real-estate-giant-compass-valued-at-8-2b-in-nyse-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/real-estate-giant-compass-valued-at-8-2b-in-nyse-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"#Real estate giant Compass valued at $8.2B in NYSE debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Real estate giant Compass valued at $8.2B in NYSE debut<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/compass-soars-market-debut.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shares of SoftBank-backed\u00a0Compass jumped 18 percent in their stock market debut on Thursday, giving the real estate brokerage firm a market value of $8.22 billion, after being priced at the lower end of the reduced initial public offering price range.<\/p>\n<p>The stock opened at $21.25, above the IPO price of $18 per share.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which downsized its IPO and reduced its price target range, sold 25 million shares on Wednesday, raising about $450 million. It was earlier looking to raise about $936 million by selling 36 million shares at the upper end of its initial price range of $23 to $26 per share.<\/p>\n<p>Compass\u00a0debuts at a time of historic boom in US capital markets, with companies raising $167 billion in 2020, according to data from Dealogic, a record that investment bankers expect will be surpassed this year.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2012 by former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> engineer Ori Allon and former Goldman Sachs executive Robert Reffkin, New York City-based\u00a0Compass\u00a0runs an integrated software platform that serves real estate agents in the residential market.<\/p>\n<p>It recorded about $152 million in transactions in residential real estate last year, a recent regulatory filing showed, which represents nearly 4 percent of the US market.<\/p>\n<p>Compass\u00a0saw a surge in online home transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, with revenue jumping 56 percent to $3.7 billion in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The company had raised $1.5 billion from investors, including Goldman Sachs and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, before its IPO. It was valued at $6.4 billion after a $370 million funding round in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays were the lead underwriters for the offering.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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